Just like what Carli and Mira agreed she enrolled in one of the known and best university in the Philippines to continue her college education, she wanted to gain a college degree, and her husband will never be a hindrance to her dreams. But before the opening of the school year she decided to visit her parents in hongkong, she's aware that when classes started she will have limited time to be balanced between her study , the business of her husband and being a wife , a multi task for such a young woman . Carli decided to compensate the work of his wife in his company, that she will also going to receive a monthly salary higher than his employees for working on the company.
" I'm glad you're back! ";, Mira told her sister Mandy that fetch her at the Hongkong airport.
"; Yes, because I know mom and dad will be left by themselves after you left to be with your husband."; Mandy replied.
" That's great ";, Mira happily exclaimed.
Mira loves her older sister Mandy, she's , tall , smart , beautiful , witty and luck seems on her side for getting all of her dreams, just like her modelling carreer, and she achieved it since at the young age of fifteen.
" You look good,seems being married had done you good ",, Mandy scrutinized her after a warm hug..
"Thanks "; Mira smiled at the compliment. Looking at her sister's expression, she's trying to calculate Mandy's feeling while driving the car ,She remember the day before her sister left to live in america for a modelling carreer. Her sister Mandy was prepared since their childhood to be the wife of Carli Chang whom is her husband right now .
" Pity for you, you won't be able to choose a husband by yourself ", Mira told her older sister while they are preparing for bed,
." Don't feel bad about it, because, I have a very promising married life when I marry Carli ,he is such a rich, good looking person , the tall, faired complexion and handsome prince charming I always dreamt of ", Mandy dreamily told her.
" Six months from now you will be eighteen years old, you will marry Carli and live away from us, I will surely miss you";, Mira was getting emotional everytime she thought of their forthcoming separation, Mandy and Carli was betrothed to each other since Mandy was' a child.
" You should be grateful because you will have this room by yourself, the privacy you need will be yours, if I get marred, but you will be left to accompany mom and dad and help dad running the family business.";, Mandy said enthusiastically.
" Of course! , you really have decided what you want ", Mira said.
" Yup ! but you know I get bored just looking at your simple routine", Mandy said.
" I have no idea which routine you're referring to? ", Mira asked.
" You study at school then when you came home, again you spend more time to study again", Mandy replied honestly .
" I don't know you feel that way to my habits because I am enjoying what I'm doing, besides I am the top 1 in my batch and I don't want to lose my post so many are waiting to grab it, incase my priorities took a different stride", Mira explained .
" For me I better leave at school all of the school things and just rest without worrying about anything when I get home" Mandy's point of view.
" I know ! you have a colorful life being a model since you're at my age, you earned your own money, you have your own savings, you can have a vacation whereever you want without asking dad's financial support", Mira told Mandy.
. " I'm so proud of you too, you are very intelligent and beautiful", Mandy said.
" Really? you think I'm beautiful?", Mira confirmed if she heard it right. Mandy smiled at her sister's reaction, Mira is very kind, compassionate and soft spoken an attitude she always loved about her younger sister.
" Of course you are" Mandy exclaimed.
Her sister was so naive, she doesn"t know how much attention she gets everytime she's around other people. Even with Carli, secretly she's thankful when her sister had decided not to accompany her on her date with Carli as a future couple. Because every year Carli had come to hongkong to spend time with his future wife for them to know each other better and develop some romantic feelings toward each other before they get married.
" What are your plans for your wedding?" Mira asked her.
" I am still waiting for update from Carli", Mandy answered. Mandy's right, Mira thought, the wedding is a guy thing because he will be the one that will spend a big amount for his wedding.
" You will marry Carli, after your eightenth birthday!", Patrick Ong informed her daughter during one of their dinner time.
" Me? he is Mandy's future husband dad! ?", Mira asked her dad for confirmation.
" I am Carli's future wife dad have you forgotten? ", Mandy asked she's panicking inside..
" He had chosen Mira to be his wife", Patrick Ong announced .
" Dad, I'm only fifteen, getting married is not included as one of my plans right now", Mira said in a very softspoken way.
" I know that's why I said ,after your eightenth birthday, you will have a date with him when you reach your sixtenth birthday", Patrick quipped.
" How about me dad? I am ashamed to tell our family and my friends that the marriage was off just because he had chosen Mira instead of me! ", Mandy said before leaving the table crying.
Mira's tears roll down her delicate face, she know how painful it had been for her sister , Mandy was expecting that Carli will be her husband.
" Honey, how about Mandy's feeling? she had been so hurt", Mira heard her mom asks her dad.
" That's Carli's choice, there's nothing I can do but to give in rather than lose the partnership I had built with his father, anywsy many will be willing to get Mandy as a wife with her beauty and personal achievements", Mira heard her dad explained.
Mira was in a mix emotion because of what she heard, she's afraid of Carli, he is such a tall guy, he towered over her own five feet four height. She remembered clearly what he did last year, she was grasping for breath when he forced a kiss on her lips and tell her that she had grown up so beautiful , which cause fear on her and left trauma on her fourteen years innerself and tagged him on her mind as pervert, so from then on she decided not to go with them anymore on his date with Mandy. She just simply say no everytime Mandy asked her especially upon knowing that Carli ask for her to come with them.
Mira calculated her sister's reaction as she entered their room, she is waiting for hard object to fly in her direction luckily there's none.
" Are you ..... mad at me? ", she asked Mandy nervously.
" Why should I ? you're just a victim of this betrothal thing like me, which I hate now, why should we follow this tradition if we're already in the modern age ? dad just treat us as a business opportunity" Mandy said still crying.
" Where are you going?", she asked Mandy as she saw her packing her things in the suitcase she usually use whenever she had modelling venture.
" I will go to america for a modelling stint,, luckily , my agent called that he had booked a ramp contract for me in new york", Mandy told her.
" Will you be back soon?", Mira asked.
" Nope, I decided to stay in america for as long as I want", Mandy decided.
The next morning she looked for Mandy and her suitcase but she found none.
" She left without saying goodbye to me", Mira sobbed her heart out to her mom.
" She hate me and your dad, I know she loves you so much, no matter what happened you are her only sister, let us give her time to process all of the pain she feel right now but I still beleive time will heal all wounds and she'll be back", her mom tried to console her.
" We're home!!!",, Mandy cheerfully announced as she park the car infront of the entrance of their house.. The memory immediately gone and transported Mira's mind back to reality.
" Welcome back my love !", Erlin, her mom said. She run and hug her mom tightly.
" I miss you so much mom," after giving her mom a warm kiss on the cheeks.
" I miss you too darling! ", her mom replied.
" Where's dad ? ", she asked when she didn't see him nearby.
" He will be home at lunch time, they had some rushed delivery today that he need to look after at the factory", Erlin inform her .
" Mom , what if I'll help dad run the business ?", Mandy asked.
" For sure, he will be glad if you do that, but how about your own modelling carreer?", Erlin asked her daughter.
" Anyway I am just waiting for my agent's call, I can go if I need to, but while I'm home I'll help dad with it", Mandy was determined as always.